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We knew good and well that Freescale wouldn’t let Qualcomm go and have all the fun with these newfangled smartbooks, and already we’re seeing a few new devices powered by Freescale-branded semiconductors. In the video posted just after the break, the company’s own Steve Sperle sat down to talk about a new Pegatron netbook (which handles 720p video playback with ease) as well as an Inventec “smartbook” which is just marginally larger than your average smartphone. In fact, we’re rather impressed with the layout: a larger-than-average 4-inch display, a slideout QWERTY keyboard and Google’s Android OS. Unfortunately, Mr. Sperle would only stick close to the “later this year” launch time frame that we’d already heard about, but so long as these smartbooks end up looking like overpowered smartphones, you can certainly consider our interest piqued.

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